NORFOLK SHIPBLDG. & DRYDOCK v. M/Y LA BELLE SIMONE

Nos. 75-1492, 75-1493.

537 F.2d 1201 (1976)

NORFOLK SHIPBUILDING & DRYDOCK CORPORATION, a Virginia Corporation, Appellee, v. The M/Y LA BELLE SIMONE, her engines, tackle, apparel, boats, furniture, etc., in rem, and Channel Enterprises, Ltd., Appellants. NORFOLK SHIPBUILDING & DRYDOCK CORPORATION, a Virginia Corporation, Appellant, v. The M/Y LA BELLE SIMONE, her engines, tackle, apparel, boats, furniture, etc., in rem, and Channel Enterprises, Ltd., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 2, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. W. Birkhead, Braden Vandeventer, Jr., Norfolk, Va. (Vandeventer, Black, Meredith & Martin, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellant in No. 75-1493 and appellee in No. 75-1492.

Gordon W. Paulsen, New York City, William B. Eley, Norfolk, Va. (Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens, New York City, Eley, Rutherford, Leafe & Quayle, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellees in No. 75-1493 and appellants in No. 75-1492.

Before WINTER and FIELD, Circuit Judges, and MERHIGE, District Judge.


MERHIGE, District Judge:

Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock Corporation (Norfolk) contracted with Channel Enterprises, Ltd. (Channel) to perform repairs and make other additions on Channel's then new 236-foot luxury yacht La Belle Simone (SIMONE). The record reveals that Norfolk personnel performed services in connection with the contract on the vessel from about April 6, 1972 until June 30, 1972 when the vessel was taken to New York City for other unassociated work...

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